NASA Photo ID: STS041(S)101        File Name: 10064413.jpg
  Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 10/10/90
  Title: STS-41 Discovery, OV-103, lifts off from KSC Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39
  Description:
  STS-41 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, clears the launch tower's fixed 
  service structure (FSS) after liftoff from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) 
  Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39 at 7:47 am (Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)). This 
  side view captures OV-103's profile, its attach points to the external tank 
  (ET), and the right solid rocket booster (SRBs).  The SRB and space shuttle 
  main engine (SSME) firings cast a glow on the launch tower. SRB/SSME
  exhaust  plumes are also visible and fill the launch pad below in a cloud
  of smoke.               
  Subject terms:
  CAPE KENNEDY LAUNCH COMPLEX             
  DISCOVERY (ORBITER)                     
  EXHAUST CLOUDS                          
  EXTERNAL TANKS                          
  LAUNCHING PADS                          
  LIFTOFF (LAUNCHING)                     
  SPACE SHUTTLE BOOSTERS                  
  SPACE SHUTTLE MAIN ENGINE               
  STS-41                                  
  TOWERS
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